How to use Microsoft/Sysinternals DebugView application to capture debug output for analysis?

Question:

Where can I find information on using DebugView, I hear about it but what is it and how do I use it?

Answer

Answer: DebugView is an application that lets you monitor debug output on your local system, or any computer on the network that you can reach via TCP/IP. It is capable of displaying both kernel-mode and Win32 debug output, so you don't need a debugger to catch the debug output your applications or device drivers generate, nor do you need to modify your applications or drivers to use non-standard debug output APIs. It is best to always obtain a copy from the official Microsoft Web Site link below.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/debugview.aspx

DebugView is currently a popular debug output capturing tool used by Pharos Support. It can capture the logging information for many of our products if not all of them. This additional debug information is very useful in helping to analyze a challenge you may be experiencing with your Pharos Solution. In some of our products the ability to write to the Debug Output Stream has to be enabled using the tool for that product to enable it.

We have attached a simple document to this article that should provide some basic information on it's use. Please use Microsoft or the internet to find additional technical specification on the application.

Simple Steps to get started:

1. Download the DebugView application using the link above and read the Instructions on that web page. 2. Extract the files. 3. Once DebugView is running, you will have to enable some of the capture items. So open the ‘Capture’ Menu and ensure all items are checked except the last one for “Log Boot” which is not needed. 4. You should begin to see output in the window.

Note: There are several options for saving using the File menu at the top. Once you have a saved Debugview output log file you can now forward this to Pharos Support.